Making Roof Trusses And Joints

Gusset plates are used to secure the connections between the individual truss components.

Making roof trusses and joints.

Now assembly of your roof trusses can finally begin. There are many ways to design and connect trusses and shed builders often have their own techniques and styles. The best way to assemble the trusses is to lay each rafter and bottom chord on the ground in the desired shape. Cut plywood gusset plates to fasten together lightweight trusses.

The very first step for building roof trusses is to prepare a design layout that can be sketched by a professional architect or can also be done by using a software that is specifically meant to design a roof truss. Fashion your own set of plywood gusset plates by cutting thick sheets of plywood to fit over each site where one joist meets another. Things you ll need pencil paper sawn lumber tape measure circular saw hammer gusset plates nails. Photo courtesy of the truss plate institute a roof truss simply put is a wooden frame that supports the roof of a built structure like a shed.

Support trusses at the joints when raising. Take two rafters and connect the peak at the plumbed corner you created. Build your own roof trusses. Do this by nailing the triangular gusses to the rafters.

Individual trusses should always be carried vertically to avoid lateral stress and damage to the joints.